Music holder and turner.



No. 7l3,05|. Patented Nov; ll, I902.

J. F. BLACK.

IUSIC HOLDER All) TURNER.

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v lvazgfors UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. BLACK, OF ROCKWVALL, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO GEORGE D.GALLOWAY, OF LEONARD, TEXAS.

MUSIC HOLDER AND TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,051, dated November11, 1902- Application filed August 1,1902. Serial No. 118,000. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. BLACK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockwall, in the county of Rockwall andState of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Music Holder and Turner, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to devices employed for the purpose of turningthe leaves of music or the leaves of books, more particularlymusic-books, and has for its object the production of an extremelysimple device which may be supported upon the music-rack of a piano,organ, or similar instrument or which maybe supported upon music-racksemployed in orchestras or by individual musicians and by which theleaves of the music may be independently supported in position to beindependently turned.

The invention consists in certain novel fea tures of the construction,as hereinafter shown and described, and specifically pointed out in theclaim.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the invention applied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail plan View.Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed front view; and Fig. 4 is a verticalsectional view, enlarged, of the leaf-supporting-arm head detached.

For the purpose of illustration the improved device is shown resting inposition upon a conventional music-rack, (indicated at 10.)

The improved device consists in an open framework 11, preferablyrectangular in outline and with a central vertical brace member 12,connecting the upper and lower members of the frame, as shown in Fig. 1.The vertical member 12' is extended outwardly at its upper end above theframe 11 for a short distance and thence turned upwardly, as indicatedat 13.

The vertical portion 13 forms a stud to support a cylindrical memberl-l, preferably of wood, and provided with a plurality of transversegains 15, partially severing the cylindrical member and leaving thesolid rear portion 16, as shown in Fig. 4. The vertical portion or stud13 passes upward through the gains 15, as shown in Fig. 4, and providesbearings within the gains for a plurality of rods 17, the rods providedwith eyes on their inner ends, revolubly engaging the stud 13 within thegains. By this means it will be obvious that the rods 17 may beindependently revolved in horizontal alinement with the frame 11 and atright angles to the stud 13. The upper end of the stud 13 is threadedand provided with a nut 18, while the horizontal portion engages arecess in the lower end of the cylindrical member 14, as indicated inFig. 4. By this means it will be obvious that when the nut is set downin position upon the cylindrical member the latter will be firmly heldin place and prevented from turning. This makes a verysimple and firmcoupling means between the cylindrical member and the frame of thedevice.

. The outer ends of the arms 17 are turned downward in consecutive orderor spaced apart, as shown, and each downwardly-depending endindependently provided with a spring-clip19,asshown. Theclipsareada-ptedto be attached to the separate leaves of music or the separate leaves ofbooks resting upon the rack, as will be understood. The lowermost arm 17being the shortest and the uppermost arm being the longest, with theintermediate arms successively graduated as to length, it will beobvious that if the lower-- most leaf or the last one which is to beturned be connected to the clip upon the shortest arm 17 and theremaining leaves connected in com secutive order to the remaining clips,the leaves may be independently and consecutively turned by theperformer placing his finger upon the elbows 20 of the arm 17 andswinging the arm around to the reverse position. 3y this simple meansthe perform er can veryqnicklyturn theleaves as required without theloss of time required to grasp the individual leaves by the fingers, andwhich is such an annoying requirement. Vith this simple device theleaves may be turned with a motion as quickly performed as that requiredto draw one of the stops of an organ, for instance, or many of thevarious quick motions required in playing an instrument.

It will be noted that the elbow 20, which is to be engaged by the fingerof the performer, is at all times the outermost one, so that no timeneed be lost in selecting the proper arm to be actuated; but theperformer need only operate the elbow which for the time being isoutermost. This is an important feature of the invention and greatlysimplifies the construction. It will also be noted that the device isoperative by reversing the order in which the clips are engaged with theleaves to be turned; but in that event it will be necessary to engagethe arms in the reverse orderthat is to say, engaging the innermost armsconsecutively instead of the outermost arm; but this would not be asconvenient 'and would require the performer to spend some time inselecting the proper arm to be operated.

The arm 17 may be of any desired length and of any required size.

The clips 19 may be of any suitable structure, and I do not wish to belimited to any specific form of clip, as I am aware that many differentforms of these devicesmay be employed.

The metal parts of the device will be plated or otherwise ornamented,and the cylindrical member 14: will be painted or otherwise ornamented,as may be desired.

The nut 18 may be in the form of an ornamental cap, if preferred.

The frame 11 may be of any required size to adapt the device to thesizes of the sheets or leaves to be supported and turned and may beprovided with transverse, diagonal, or otherwise-arranged braces oradditional members, as required,without departing from the principle ofthe invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

The cylindrical member 14 is shown extending above the frame 11, butmight be arrangedbelow the frame, so that the rods 17 and theirspring-clips 19 would operate upon the lower sides of the sheets ofmusic, it preferred, and this modification would not be a departure fromthe principle of the invention or sacrifice any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- In a music-leafholder and turner, a supporting-frame having a stud extending laterallyand thence vertically therefrom, a cylindrical member provided withtransverse spaced apertures and engaging said stud and having a recessembracing the laterally-extended portion thereof, means for rigidlysecuring said cylindrical member upon said stud, a plurality of armsengaging said stud within said apertures for pivotal movement andadapted for respective engagement with the sheets of music,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. BLACK.

.Witnesses:

J. O. BARRINGER, T. B. RIDGELL.

